French Rococo Era Painter, 1685-1766  Related Paintings of Jjean-Marc nattier :. | The Music Lesson | Louise Henriette de Bourbon-Conti, Countess-Duchess of Orleans, as Hebe | Portrait of Angelique d'Allonville de Louville | Madame Louise of France | Princess Anne-Henriette of France - The Fire |
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Robert Dowling
Australian Painter, 1827-1886 was an Australian colonial artist. Dowling was born in England the youngest son of Rev. Henry Dowling and his wife Elizabeth, nee Darke. He was brought to Launceston, Tasmania with his parents in 1839 in the Janet. He received lessons from Thomas Bock and Frederick Strange, and in 1850 advertised as a portrait painter. In 1856 Dowling left for London partly with the help of friends in Launceston. He exhibited 16 pictures at the Royal Academy between 1859 and 1882 and others at the British Institute. Returning to Launceston he afterwards came to Melbourne and painted portraits of Sir Henry Loch, Dr James Moorhouse, Francis Ormond, and others. He went to London again in 1886 but died shortly after his arrival. Dowling was a conscientious painter of figure subjects, often scriptural or eastern.